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Rising levels of acids in seas may endanger marine life, says study
2013-08-25 19:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Rapidly rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are causing a potential catastrophe in our oceans as they become more acidic, scientists have warned. Hans Poertner, professor of marine biology at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany, and co-author of a new study of the phenomenon, told the Guardian: "The current rate of change is likely to be more than 10 times faster than it has been in any of the evolutionary crises in the earth's history." Seawater is naturally slightly alkaline,...
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